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Top 100 Goalies of All-Time
In our annual Collector's Edition, we countdown down the Top 100 goalies of all-time and tell the story of each. It's 140 pages packed with everything about the game's best masked men.
85. DON BEAUPRE
BORN Sept. 19, 1961, Waterloo, Ont. NHL CAREER 1980-96 TEAMS Min, Wsh, Ott, Tor STATS 268-277-75, 3.45 GAA, .885 SP, 17 SO DON BEAUPRE IS one of the few netminders who jumped right to the NHL from junior and instantly became one of the top puckstoppers in the business. As a 19-year-old rookie, Beaupre played in the 1981 All-Star Game and, a few months later, backstopped the Minnesota North Stars on a Cinderella run to the Stanley Cup final, where they ultimately fell in five games to the New York Islanders during the prime of their dynasty. The native of Waterloo, Ont., describes himself as a typical Canadian kid who loved the game. He played a ton of road hockey or the real thing when his friends’ backyards had ice. He started…
70. GERRY McNEIL
BORN April 17, 1926, Quebec City, Que. NHL CAREER 1947-57 TEAMS Mtl STATS 119-105-52, 2.34 GAA, 28 SO ALL-STAR 1 (Second-1) STANLEY CUPS 2 THE 1951 STANLEY CUP final goes down in history as the one that ended on an overtime goal by Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Bill Barilko, who died later that summer in a plane crash. It will also be remembered as one of the most closely contested Cup finals ever, even though the Leafs dispatched of the Montreal Canadiens in five games. One reason it was so close is because of a player who is largely forgotten for his work, Canadiens goalie Gerry McNeil. In the first round, McNeil led the Habs to a six-game victory over Detroit despite finishing 22 points behind the Red Wings in the standings.…
49. AL ROLLINS
BORN Oct. 9, 1926, Vanguard, Sask. NHL CAREER 1949-60 TEAMS Tor, Chi, NYR STATS 141-205-83, 2.78 GAA, .907 SP, 28 SO TROPHIES 2 (Hart-1, Vezina-1) STANLEY CUPS 1 ONLY ONE MAN in NHL history is Hall of Fame eligible, has won the Hart Trophy and the Stanley Cup during his career and is not enshrined in the hallowed institution: Al Rollins. Which is fitting for a guy who went most of his career unappreciated. In his first full NHL season, he wrested Toronto’s starting job from legend Turk Broda and won the Vezina Trophy. In the playoffs, Rollins strained his knee in the first game but came back in the final to go 3-0 with all three wins coming in overtime, leading Toronto to the 1951 Stanley Cup. But a little more than…
6. GLENN HALL
BORN Oct. 3, 1931, Humboldt, Sask. NHL CAREER 1952-71 TEAMS Det, Chi, StL STATS 407-326-163, 2.49 GAA, .917 SP, 84 SO ALL-STAR 11 (First-7, Second-4) TROPHIES 5 (Vezina-3, Smythe-1, Calder-1) STANLEY CUPS 2 WHEN IT COMES to consistency between the pipes, no one will ever touch Glenn Hall. The Chicago Black Hawks legend holds the record for most consecutive NHL starts with 502, a number that is impossible to fathom in the modern era. And if it wasn’t for a back problem in 1962, his record would’ve been even longer. On the flip side, it also could have been shorter. Hall considered retiring during his streak due to a policy enacted by GM Tommy Ivan that fined players for “indifferent play.” Hall was among Ivan’s victims. “The GM said, if you don’t…
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